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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – June 28, 2022 Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts during her first round match against France’s Harmony Tan REUTERS/Matthew Childs

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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – June 28, 2022 Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts during her first round match against France’s Harmony Tan REUTERS/Matthew Childs
The American tennis legend Serena Williams is arguably the greatest tennis player in the Open Era. The 41-year-old has 23 Grand Slam titles to her name and her last major title came back in 2017. Despite playing brilliantly in the subsequent years, she failed to equal the all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles held by Margaret Court.
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While there could be multiple reasons for the same, Serena had no regrets when she retired. Recently, Serena featured on the Wilson Tennis Family dinner. Here, the 6-time US Open champion spoke to Billie Jean King in her own unique way and disclosed how she lost to people who had a terrible second serve.
Serena Williams’ typical response to Billie Jean King has the internet talking
In the Dinner chat, Serena Williams was involved in a serious conversation with Billie Jean King. and the two were discussing something serious about Serena’s performance. However, the way Serena spoke was dark and funny at the same time. Here’s the full conversation:
shady Serena is my favourite pic.twitter.com/d5h6g7fuAf
— Serena's snatched wig (@Danidilo2) November 25, 2022
During the chat, Serena spoke about the time she lost to players, who, according to her, didn’t have a good second serve.
“Serena: A lot of people won grand slams that haven’t had a super strong second serve.
King: Why do you think of they won?
Serena: Because I played terrible that day.
King: Against whom?
Serena: A good number of players but it’s true.”
Fans were amazed by the way Serena answered the questions with her typical confident self.
BJK’s face does not change omg
— Ross Bouchard 🏴 (@AllThingsGenie) November 25, 2022
I kinda love how Billie tries to get Serena to name names!!!!
— 😻😻😻 (@MCHL86) November 26, 2022
Period!!!! Let em know sis!
— Mariah 👩🏽🦱 (@BeatByMariahB) November 25, 2022
I miss her SO FUCKING BAD
— Ramon (@ramonjonath) November 25, 2022
She the baddest there ever was
— Olorin (@bjornwilliams24) November 25, 2022
She's so mean 😭. I love her so much 🤣.
— Jeniffer L. Estrada (@Jeniestra) November 25, 2022
I CAN NAME THEM 😂 https://t.co/NIMdYXXMTq
— TrevVanzant (@TheTTT333) November 26, 2022
Here’s a fan with some guesses of opponents who Serena must have been talking about.
Halep, Angie, Bianca, Garbine…………Venus 🤭 https://t.co/zIfb5LWnes
— Idris Shepherd (@WilsonSirdi) November 26, 2022
she’s absolutely right! she’s given careers to way too many scrubs https://t.co/Z5pNol5naA
— tired egg (@tiredeggggg) November 26, 2022
Drag’em & yourself https://t.co/H7cwPkVvJR
— Bence (@hBencee) November 25, 2022
Another fan tried to guess which tournament and opponent Serena was talking about.
Crazy thing is she could be talking about more than just her last 4 slam losses https://t.co/NtMf5aSwi5
— Scorpio’s Groove 💃🏻🕺🏽 (@MonteSpice) November 25, 2022
Queen spilling once again https://t.co/qY3Ls3LN4B
— Nex (@atomic_moonball) November 25, 2022
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After winning her 23rd Grand Slam, on many occasions, she came close to winning the elusive, record-equaling 24th title. However, she failed to cross the final hurdle. Serena made it to the finals of several Grand Slam tournaments four times after her last title in 2017. The first was in 2018 Wimbledon, while the last time the 41-year-old played a Grand Slam final was against Bianca Andreescu in the 2019 US Open.
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Although we can’t accurately judge what matches Serena must have been talking about, fans can guess that she was talking about her last four finals. If only Serena had won those matches, she would have technically retired as the greatest player of all time.
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